Societé Artistique des Amateurs Annuaire 1912

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Published by G. Lesueur, Paris, 1912

About this Item

An uncommon copy of the annual directory for 1912 of the Societé Artistique des Amateurs, in a beautiful quarter calf binding. An uncommon copy. The annual directory of the Societé Artistique des Amateurs, society of self-proclaimed amateurs founded 1896 in an attempt to re-define the meaning of amateur with a new sense of non-professionalism, as well as provide a place for aristocratic dilettantes in the Parisian art world. It also provided the group with merit among the professionals of the Third Republic.The present annual contains a financial report, the president's speech, conferences held in 1911, and articles on Japanese prints by M. Koechlin, 'La Danse' by M. le Marquis de Montferrier, on French sculpture of thee seventeenth- and eighteenth-century held at the Louvre by M. P. Vitry among others.With a list of members to the rear. In a lovely quarter calf binding over marbled boards, gilt tooling to the spine, with marbled endpapers and new blank pages. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear only. Bound in to the title page is a small thin-paper sheet inscribed '343 Caroll 20'. Hinges only slightly strained, holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. With illustrations in text throughout. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 810A29

Bibliographic Details

Title: Societé Artistique des Amateurs Annuaire 1912

Publisher: G. Lesueur, Paris

Publication Date: 1912

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Near Fine

Book Type: book